You'll take this treadmill and like it!

As most of you do not know, last week my wife graduated from college. To celebrate, we took off for a week and headed to Las Vegas.  But what about your marathon training!?  Although I did not get in all the miles I was hoping for, I did accomplish one goal, I learned to run on a treadmill!  For those of you who do not know, I HATE treadmills!  Put a wire mesh cage around one and you end up with a human hamster wheel.  Squeak, Squeak, Squeak!  That thought, and the thought of me shooting off the back in front of all the other people working out at the gym was enough for me to keep my distance.

If I am going to keep on running, past the marathon and truly make this a lifestyle, I realized that I needed to embrace the treadmill...or move to an area where there is perfect/decent running weather year round.  Since I cannot take the vineyard with me, I am going to have to learn to run indoors when it is a blizzard outside.  So during my vacation, while my wife slept, I slinked off to the fitness center at our hotel and practiced running on their treadmills. (yes, I know, I could have gone out and run on the strip, especially in the morning, with all the other runners.  With my luck though, I would have biffed it in front of 75 camera toting Japenese tourist.  Been uploaded onto YouTube, and become an instant meme over in Japan. How does one say, "I've got two left feet" in Japanese to their version of Matt Lauer?) The end result, I can now easily run on a treadmill for an hour.  To celebrate this great achievement, I got my shoes laced up and am of to run through good ol' mother nature!